Gurnick said the only other team to make a significant offer to Beltre is the Texas Rangers, but it was nowhere close to what the Angels are willing to pay.

Fusfeld writes that Boras might get a little more out of the Angels, but that he has effectively bargained himself into a corner. From Fusfeld’s story:

The Halos publicly pulled the offer so that Boras couldn’t shop it around. That leaves only the A’s five-year $65 million offer that was rescinded after Boras scoffed at it more than a month ago.

Beltre and Boras have no real leverage. It would be pretty embarrassing for Boras to have to crawl back to the A’s begging them for the money to save face.

But knowing Boras, that won’t happen. The Angels need offense and Boras knows that his client is the last remaining offensive difference-maker on the market. It might take a “mystery team,” or one of the other tricks up Boras’s sleeve, but somehow he’ll find a way to extract an extra $5 million out of owner Arte Moreno. Beltre will walk away with $75 million, and Boras will save face, even though he badly overestimated the market.